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Childhood Cancer

Impact on the Family

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  • © 1984

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Editors:
  1. Adolph E. Christ

    1. Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA

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  2. Kalman Flomenhaft

    1. Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA

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Part of the book series: The Downstate series of research in psychiatry and psychology (DSRPP, volume 5)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: Psychosocial Challenges in Childhood Cancer

    1. Introduction: Psychosocial Challenges in Childhood Cancer

      • Adolph E. Christ
      Pages 1-2

  4. Section II

    1. Complexity of Cancer Etiologies: Panel Discussion

      • Adolph E. Christ, Kalman Flomenhaft
      Pages 35-41

  10. Section VIII

    1. Home Care for the Child with Cancer

      • Ida M. Martinson, Mark Nesbit, John Kersey
      Pages 177-198

    2. Feasibility and Desirability: Discussion of Drs. Martinson, Nesbit and Kersey’s Paper

      • Jan van Eys
      Pages 199-201

  12. Section X

    1. The Elusive Neuropsychiatric Symptoms

      • Adolph E. Christ
      Pages 217-245
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About this book

The past decade has brought extraordinary gains in the outlook for children stricken with cancer. Though cancer remains a leading cause of death for children and young adults, more victims of child­ hood cancer today will survive than will die. The therapeutic advances and the optimism they instill have prompted researchers and clinicians to analyze the impact of cancer upon young patients and their famil,ies and to devise more effective intervention strategies. Hope and survival, juxtaposed with the continuing high mortality associated with certain forms of the illness, add new challenges to management of the psychosocial aspects of cancer. To respond to these challenges we need research as rigorous as that which continues to make inroads in treating the physical illness. This specific concern for the needs of children suffering from cancer and their families has paralleled an increasing sensitivity on the part of the medical community and the public at large to the limitations of specialized, high technology health care practices.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA

    Adolph E. Christ, Kalman Flomenhaft

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Childhood Cancer

  • Book Subtitle: Impact on the Family

  • Editors: Adolph E. Christ, Kalman Flomenhaft

  • Series Title: The Downstate series of research in psychiatry and psychology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7266-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-7268-4Published: 12 June 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-7266-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 302

  • Topics: Behavioral Sciences

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